Photo via Getty Images This week (11/13), the New York City Council will hold a hearing on proposed legislation known as the Paraprofessional Respect Check', a historic bill that would provide all New York City public school paraprofessionals with an annual $10,000 payment, outside and in addition to the traditional salary schedule and labor contract. The RESPECT check is necessary because paraprofessionals don't earn enough.
I feel electric, I feel amazing. I feel like being uncompromising in your values, whether it be about touching that third rail of speaking out against Israel or primarily focusing on affordability in your campaign strategy, turns out very effective. Piker added: It's something that I know you know, it's something I have spoken to every f*cking Democrat about. Can I curse on Zeteo? I am sorry.
But as a congregational rabbi and now the head of the largest Jewish movement in North America, I've never told congregants for whom they should vote. I won't start now, despite the Trump administration's misguided efforts to weaken the Johnson Amendment, the longstanding rule that bars congregations and their leaders from endorsing or opposing candidates from the pulpit. Keeping partisan politics out of our politically diverse congregations feels more essential than ever in today's polarized climate.
The 2025 NYC mayor's race is shaping up to be one of the most consequential elections in the city's history. The energy among voters is evident in the huge early voting turnout witnessed since the first ballots were cast on Saturday morning, Oct. 25. As of Tuesday night, Oct. 28, the NYC Board of Elections reported just shy of 300,000 New Yorkers had already checked in to vote through four days of early voting.
Eric Adams is considering appointing new members to the Rent Guidelines Board before his term expires, which could make it harder for frontrunner Zohran Mamdani to fulfill his promise to freeze rent for the city's 2 million stabilized tenants. If Adams makes those appointments, it would leave the board split, sources say. Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani's promise to "freeze the rent" for the city's 2 million rent stabilized tenants has captured the race for mayor, and won him support of many New Yorkers
It should be possible to critique a candidate's ideas without demonizing the candidate himself. To insinuate that a mayoral candidate would celebrate a second 9/11 is beyond disgusting and disgraceful. We all have a responsibility to lower the temperature and to restore a https://t.co/cQCaB365SM Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) October 23, 2025 Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called the men in the audio clip sick and hateful.
It is riddled with anti-Black caricatures, racism, and misinformation about Mamdani's platform, which includes establishing a department of community safety that would shift responsibilities like intervention in mental health crises away from police. The ad features AI-generated "criminals" who support Mamdani because he would let them off without consequences if he were mayor - which is both a misrepresentation of Mamdani's platform and simply not how the criminal legal system works.
Duwaji, 28, skipped out on supporting her hubby during the debate and instead spent the evening instructing a workshop on ceramic tile design at a buzzy new Levantine bistro called Huda in East Williamsburg, according to photos obtained by The Post. The $95-a-ticket workshop began at 5 p.m. and ended at 7:30 p.m. - a half hour after Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa took to the debate stage.
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani once again called for free buses and reliable service at a Wednesday afternoon press conference, highlighting what is considered the slowest bus route in New York. Mamdani rode the M57 through Midtown Manhattan on Oct. 8, more than a month after a study released by City Comptroller Brad Lander's office found that the route had the lowest average speed in the city at just 4.9 mph.
The Queens District Attorney's office charged a Texas man on Thursday with making a terroristic threat as a hate crime against Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee and a Queens Assembly member. The suspect, Jeremy Fistel, 44, stands accused of allegedly leaving a series of voicemails threatening violence against Mamdani and his family on his Assembly office phone. According to the Queens DA's office, the threats began in June, while Mamdani was running in the Democratic primary, and continued through July after he won.
Former governor David Paterson, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, and former Congresswoman and City Council Members Julie Menin, Joann Ariola, Althea Stevens, Julie Won, and Gail Brewer also walked in the show. Or, in Brewer's case, crossed her arms repeatedly in a show of protest before stepping right off the runway's edge. While many wore elevated streetwear or tailored jackets-from council member's Keith Powers' cable knit coat by Tod + Tom to Executive Director of the NYC Office of Nightlife Jeffrey Garcia's
Another day, another DOT project killed by First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro. This time it's the Upper West Side "smart curbs" pilot, which Mastro ordered DOT to put on hold because of uproar over the conversion of 70 on-street spots from free to metered parking. Streetsblog's Kevin Duggan had the story, which West Side Rag broke first on Tuesday morning. Read Streetsblog's "take" here.
The upcoming vote for mayor and other municipal offices is the main event on Election Day, but New Yorkers will also weigh in on a ballot question that, if approved, would start the process of revising the City Charter and the State Constitution to move city elections from the current odd-numbered-year schedule and make them coincide with the year we pick presidential candidates. If that happens, we'll be joining cities like Baltimore and Los Angeles that recently changed their calendars.
